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Brielle Miano
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Jumping right in! He discussed the difference in language development between comprehension & pronunciation — we understand much more than we can speak when learning a new language. Bonobos and other apes especially (like Kanzi the bonobo comprehending like a 1.5 year old).
— Aug 21, 2020 04:39PM
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Brielle Miano
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In this chapter he distinguishes between many types of calls: gesture-calls (laughs, sobs, etc), gesticulation & intonation (analog ways of imbuing speech w/ emotion), quotable gestures & vocalizations (nodding, "mmhmms"), and speech & sign language. They’re all related to speech somehow and distinct from really anything that animals do.
— Aug 31, 2020 10:45AM
Brielle Miano
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He makes an incredibly obvious yet intelligent point - comprehension of signals must have preceded production, because why would a hominid make a signal if they knew no one would understand it? Also, he says human language is totally different from animal calls, but our body language and other vocalizations are similar.
— Aug 25, 2020 05:54AM